Another great cast member of The Carol Burnett Show has passed away but when I was a kid he was also a staple of the Disney movies I saw, Gus, The Shaggy DA and the Apple Dumpling Gang with Don Knotts. I had to double check his imdb.com page about the Disney stuff and wow, he managed to have a guest spot on numerous post Seventies sitcoms. I’m glad the younger generations got to know him in his last, most famous incarnation, the voice of Mermaid Man’s sidekick…Barnacle Boy! I was thrilled to see Tim playing himself on The Simpsons when they did parodies of spin-off shows, namely the last gasp variety types from the Seventies: Sonny & Cher, Donny & Marie and Tony Orlando & Dawn.
Tim was a master of comedy on numerous levels. He made slapstick funny at a time when it was passé with the rise of SNL yet he was a master in the deadpan delivery of jokes whether it was reading a gag telegram during his Emmy acceptance speech or being the second banana in Gus.
He was one of the few people everybody in my family could agree on being funny. Well, at least my Grandma and me. My parents may have just rolled their eyes due to their generation being the “inventors” of SNL, The Firesign Theater and National Lampoon.
Thanks for everything Tim. May millions discover your comic brilliance through the CBS streaming service which claims they will be showing all 11 seasons of Carol.